Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government introduced a bill Thursday that would allow authorities to detain intoxicated people for up to 72 hours instead of the current 24. The extra time would apply to peop...

VICTORIA - British Columbia house leader Mike Farnworth said the NDP government plans to pass 18 bills in the fall session of the legislature by the time it ends in late November. Farnworth said the g...

BURNABY - Striking British Columbia public service workers have followed through on a pledge to escalate their job action as they push for a new contract, with their union saying pickets are up at ano...

EDMONTON - With talks stalled and just days to go until Alberta's teachers go on strike, their union and the province agreed Thursday on one thing - it's up to the other side to pick up the phone. "We...

MONTREAL - An election employee noted a discrepancy in the postal codes of special ballot return envelopes in Terrebonne nearly three weeks before the election, but the error wasn't reported to superi...

The next Yukon territorial election will happen on Nov. 3, the last possible day allowed under the territory's fixed election legislation. Yukon Premier Mike Pemberton told supporters Thursday that he...

EDMONTON - A newborn in Alberta has died of measles marking the province's first death from the disease this year, the government said Thursday. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the child...

OTTAWA - A new report from a federal security task force says foreign interference activities during the last general election were "small scale" and often difficult to attribute to an actor from abro...

OTTAWA - A national spy watchdog has found "a lack of rigour" in the way the Canada Revenue Agency selects charities for audits over terrorism concerns, saying the process introduces risks of bias and...

An Ontario member of provincial parliament facing domestic violence charges says he is taking a short leave. Chris Scott was elected in February to represent Sault Ste. Marie for the Progressive Conse...